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2017 Maryland Condo and HOA Legislation–The Home Stretch

Two weeks until the 2017 Maryland legislative session ends on April 10. Several bills affecting condominium and homeowner associations are still under consideration.

State Registration of Community Associations. Passed by the House. Reviewed by a Senate Committee and waiting further action. Final passage possible but uncertain.

Manager Licensing. Approval this year appears unlikely. No action on the House bill, but summer study may be a possibility.

Replacement Reserves for Capital Expenditures. Passed by the House. The Senate is taking a look.

Lender Foreclosure Sales. Both the House and Senate have passed a bill to require notice of foreclosure sale postponement and cancellation to be provided to the property owner and to condominium and homeowners associations which have recorded an assessment lien on the property. Odds are it will get final approval by the Governor.

Two other bills regarding lender registration of foreclosures with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation have been passed by the House and are now in the Senate.

Governing Document Amendments. The House approved a bill to make it easier for condos and HOAs to amend governing documents. Senate committee may consider amendments.

Sale of Common Area. Proposed bill was intended to help associations by requiring better County notice of tax sales of association common area. After amendment in the Senate, the bill passed by the Senate would impose new notice requirements on condos and HOAs to notify owners of sale of the common area, including tax sales which are unknown to the association board. Now up to the House to get this bill fixed or stopped.

Posted by Thomas Schild Law Group, LLC, attorneys for condominiums, homeowner associations and housing cooperatives in Maryland–including Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Howard County, Frederick County, and Baltimore County; and in Washington, D.C.

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